CNB ticked off by Judge

[Apollo]

July 15, 2008

Judge slams CNB for 'complete neglect of duties'

 

A DISTRICT judge has slammed the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) for its sloppy investigation into stevedore Yunani Abdul Hamid's case.

 

Explaining why she acquitted Mr Yunani, District Judge Jasvender Kaur said the bureau should have done more to track down his alleged accomplice Abdul Aziz Idros.

 

The extent of the CNB's search for Abdul Aziz back in April 1992 amounted to just one visit to his flat and the issuance of an alert to all law enforcement agencies.

 

Abdul Aziz, who is now serving a 12-year jail sentence, has admitted in court that he had kept in constant contact with his family during his 15 years on the run.

 

Judge Jasvender criticised the investigating officer at that time, Staff Sergeant Cheong Wah Chow, saying he should have done much more.

 

Mr Yunani and Abdul Aziz were leaving a port at which they worked on a motorcycle when a guard stopped them and found a bag of cannabis in a bag carried by Abdul Aziz.

 

Both men fled, but Mr Yunani later turned himself in. He maintained that the bag belonged to his friend and he did not know its contents.

 

As Abdul Aziz was on the run, Mr Yunani was placed on remand until the bag's ownership could be confirmed. He was discharged in December that year, but with the proviso that he could be re-charged if new evidence came to light.

 

Judge Jasvender said it was 'quite remarkable' that Staff Sgt Cheong had not taken steps to verify who owned the bag when he could have just asked the men's colleagues.

 

The officer, who retired in 2000, could also have interviewed relatives of both men to see if the bag, or the clothes inside, belonged to either one of them, she noted.

 

Instead, the authorities 'simply chose to wait' for Abdul Aziz to be arrested.

 

The wait lasted 15 years.

 

The judge called the lack of a thorough investigation a 'complete neglect of duties'.

 

She added that 'at the very least', the CNB should have determined who owned the bag, interviewed Mr Yunani's friends and family to see if he had any motivation to traffick the drug as well as verified Mr Yunani's account of events with his colleagues.

 

The judge also had pointed remarks for Deputy Public Prosecutor Lim Tse Haw.

 

She found it 'seriously troubling' that the prosecution had initially refused to show Mr Yunani his police statements made way back in 1992, despite her asking for it to be done due to the long delay in prosecution.

 

She said the refusal was 'plainly not in the right spirit and did not show a sense of fairness' by the prosecution.

 

The prosecutor finally did so at the judge's order.

 

But what destroyed the prosecution's case was Abdul Aziz's credibility.

 

Judge Jasvender said the 'resurrecting' of the charges against Mr Yunani, now 34, after 15 years was based largely on Abdul Aziz's word.

 

But Abdul Aziz, now 41, was a self-confessed cannabis user, a fugitive for 15 years who had even tried to evade arrest by producing false identity documents when he was caught at a roadblock.

 

Facing a capital charge, the judge noted, it was 'only natural' for Abdul Aziz to shift the blame from himself.

 

KHUSHWANT SINGH

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http://www.straitstimes.com/Free/Sto...ry_257759.html

 

 

fwah... i always hold CNB unit as the creame for their excellent work. really a 1st time to anything.. luckily Wrong Cant Sac will not kena again.

[Chisiang]

amidst climbing cost of livings and SPG girls leaving town, this is one heart lifting news to end the week with At least there's still proper justice for the peasants

[Camrysfa]

Three nabbed in Woodlands drug raid after four-hour stand-off

 

 

9/10/14 news, well off topic abit; this CNB ops news about a 4 hour stand-off is interesting.

 

How could the operation be ended faster?

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/four-nabbed-woodlands-drug-raid-after-four-hour-stand-20141009

 

 

SINGAPORE - Three suspects were arrested by Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers for suspected drug activities in the wee hours of Thursday morning, after a four-hour stand-off

 

 

Officers had attempted to raid the flat housing the suspects on the third-storey of Block 686B, Woodlands Drive 73 earlier on Wednesday evening, but the occupants refused CNB officers' request to allow access into the unit, reported The New Paper.

 

 

"About 40g of cannabis and some drug paraphernalia were seized from the operation. Investigations are on-going,” CNB said in a statement.

 

 

The CNB spokesman said the occupants also "barricaded themselves inside".

 

 

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the police were then activated to support the CNB officers, and the police set up a cordon around the block. Four fire engines, five police cars and three ambulances were seen in the area.

 

 

The SCDF's Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team also set up inflatable life packs on the ground floor of the block and safety nets around the affected unit, in the event that the suspects attempted to jump from the flat.

 

 

The New Paper reported that the stand-off between suspects and the authorities lasted for more than four hours.

[So_nice]

Let us hope the officer's performance, or lack of performnce got nothing to do with taking drugs.

Wat do u mean by tat? U trying to imply the officer taking drugs?

[Geniuspear]

was there for a few years and resign already. all i can say is outsider always thought cnb is dam cool, doing undercover and facing danger everyday, do investigations etc etc..

 

i usually kept quiet lol

[Geniuspear]

Missed his medication drug instead?

May be more common among uniform group, that the more competent has to report to the less competent. Not much prospect/security in the job.

 

 

gotta agree with that, hah... sometimes i look back at my "high flyer" bosses i dunno wan laugh or wad

[The_Bear]

Three nabbed in Woodlands drug raid after four-hour stand-off

 

 

9/10/14 news, well off topic abit; this CNB ops news about a 4 hour stand-off is interesting.

 

How could the operation be ended faster?

 

http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/four-nabbed-woodlands-drug-raid-after-four-hour-stand-20141009

 

 

SINGAPORE - Three suspects were arrested by Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB) officers for suspected drug activities in the wee hours of Thursday morning, after a four-hour stand-off

 

 

Officers had attempted to raid the flat housing the suspects on the third-storey of Block 686B, Woodlands Drive 73 earlier on Wednesday evening, but the occupants refused CNB officers' request to allow access into the unit, reported The New Paper.

 

 

"About 40g of cannabis and some drug paraphernalia were seized from the operation. Investigations are on-going,” CNB said in a statement.

 

 

The CNB spokesman said the occupants also "barricaded themselves inside".

 

 

The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) and the police were then activated to support the CNB officers, and the police set up a cordon around the block. Four fire engines, five police cars and three ambulances were seen in the area.

 

 

The SCDF's Disaster Assistance and Rescue Team also set up inflatable life packs on the ground floor of the block and safety nets around the affected unit, in the event that the suspects attempted to jump from the flat.

 

 

The New Paper reported that the stand-off between suspects and the authorities lasted for more than four hours.

 

Wahahaha...Do they always expect the occupants to open the door when they ring the bell?

[Camrysfa]

• SINGAPORE - A Central Narcotics Bureau officer convicted of lodging two false reports out of sheer laziness was sentenced to three months' jail on Tuesday.

 

• Low Vins, 26, had been found guilty after a three-day trial, of giving false information to a narcotics officer at Bedok police division headquarters, by lying that officers had conducted house visits at the homes of two drug offenders. He is out on $20,000 bail, pending an appeal. The court heard that as the officer in charge of the cases against the two offenders - Sim Soon Lee and Soh Hock Tuan, it was Low's job to ensure that once investigations were complete, the duo was detained and taken to the Drug Rehabilitation Centre.

 

• On Jan 26 that year, both men, who were on bail, reported to the bail office at Bedok station. Low's colleague, Staff Sergeant Vasanthakumar Pillai, called Low, who was not in, to ask whether to extend the bail of the two men, or to remand them.

 

• Low told the staff sergeant to extend their bail. The prosecution's case is that when he later realised that he had made a mistake, he falsified the two house visit reports so that the case could be transferred to CNB's Special Investigation Team to look into the matter. The prosecution argued that Low wanted to avoid any internal disciplinary rebuke for mishandling of the matter by exceeding the timeline, and had falsified the two house visit reports.

 

• The matter came to light when Sim's sister lodged a complaint against CNB, saying her brother had been wrongfully charged in court and deprived of a chance to enter the DRC. Low did not respond to a request by an investigation officer to provide evidence about the house visit to Sim's flat. Low had in his defence blamed the staff sergeant for giving him false information. He also asserted that his superior knew about it and did not take action against the other colleague. He could have been jailed for up to one year and fined up to $5,000 on each of the two charges. - See more at: http://www.straitstimes.com/news/singapore/courts-crime/story/convicted-cnb-officer-gets-three-months-lodging-false-reports-2014#sthash.EZGzHemy.dpuf

[Jman888]

In-vehicle camera captures dramatic CNB arrest on Serangoon Road

Zaihan Mohamed Yusof The New Paper Wednesday, Mar 18, 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S4Wev-qYra4

He saw a dramatic arrest at Serangoon Road on Monday.

Mr Alvin Zhang then uploaded an in-vehicle video clip on YouTube, thinking he had witnessed a police raid.

At about 5.45pm, he saw a Comfort taxi being blocked by what he thought were two unmarked police cars and a few motorbikes.

Mr Zhang told citizen journalism site Stomp: "Two plainclothes officers on the bikes quickly got down and smashed the left and right windows of the cab to arrest the suspect."

The arrest was actually conducted by the Central Narcotics Bureau (CNB).

Yesterday, the CNB told The New Paper that the taxi driver was among five Singaporean men arrested by its officers during two anti-drug operations on Monday.

CNB hauled in more than 5.2kg of cannabis, 1.6kg of heroin and 139g of Ice with an estimated street value of more than $316,000 in Monday's operations.

The taxi driver had earlier been tailed by plainclothes CNB officers to a carpark near a housing estate in Geylang Bahru.

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A 64-year-old suspected drug trafficker, who had boarded the taxi and alighted shortly after, was arrested and found to be in possession of 239g of heroin.

The 48-year-old taxi driver was later arrested along Serangoon Road.

A CNB spokesman told TNP: "Officers recovered a total of about 1.443kg of heroin and a small amount of 'Ice' from within the taxi. Cash amounting to $2,215.60 was also seized from the suspect."

A 52-year-old man was also arrested when CNB officers raided a unit in Choa Chu Kang North 6, believed to be a hideout used by the taxi driver's associate.

About 82g of Ice, 7g of heroin and a digital weighing scale were seized from the unit.

Mr Zhang's video was uploaded onto YouTube on Monday. Yesterday, it made it to Stomp and attracted more than 38,000 views.

In July 2014, a video clip showing CNB officers arresting a driver who had attempted to evade arrest by crashing his car through the gantry of a public carpark had similarly gone viral.

 

 

[efssc]

 

 

 

 

Windscreen water-repelling quite good.

[Jman888]

5.2kg of cannabis, 1.6kg of heroin and 139g of Ice

 

 

 

all 5 going to get death sentence !

[Fireball0088]

 

 

 

 

Can see the car plate number of the unmarked police car!!!

[Mustank]

the insurance how?

looks gonna jiak kah kee

[Mockngbrd]

cannot see anything le...